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liriotn

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help with mods not appearing in launcher
« on: December 02, 2015, 05:17:42 AM »

Hi guys

need some help... I want to play with mods, but i'm having trouble getting them to appear

I have downloaded them all to a separate file, I then extracted them to the mods folder via the correct pathway but they will not appear in the launcher screen

please help see screenshot below

Thanks

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Clockwork Owl

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Re: help with mods not appearing in launcher
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2015, 05:20:04 AM »

Does mod_info.json appear when you double - click one of that folders? Or another folder with the same name?

I guess this goes to Bug Reports & Support sunforum.
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Re: help with mods not appearing in launcher
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2015, 05:27:30 AM »

mod_info.json needs to be in the highest directory level after mods/ (i.e mods/Nexerelin/mod_info.json). What this means in practical terms is that when extracting the mod download archive in Windows, you want to extract "here" instead of to <archive name>/.

Go into each of the folders into your screenshot, cut the folder you find inside and paste it one level up.
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Re: help with mods not appearing in launcher
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2015, 06:03:24 AM »

There shouldn't be any other cause right?
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liriotn

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Re: help with mods not appearing in launcher
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2015, 07:33:18 AM »

Histidine you're a legend, thank you very much mods are appearing...

Gotta love a forum!

Thanks others for the input...
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